Radical Reparations : Marcus Anthony Hunter

Healing the Soul of a Nation Paperback HISTORY/African American & Black A groundbreaking argument from one of the nation’s foremost voices on reparations.“An urgent call to action, a manifesto for justice, and a blueprint for a more equitable America. . . .It's time we confront our history head-on, and Radical Reparations provides the necessary tools.”—Congresswoman Barbara Lee For over a century, the United States has been driven by the idea of reparations for the descendants of enslaved Black Americans. While the iconic phrase “forty acres and a mule” encapsulates the general notion of reparations, history has proven that the damages to the African American community caused by enslavement far exceed what a plot of land or a check could repair. While reparations are being widely debated once again, current petitions to redress the lasting and collateral consequences of slavery have not moved past economic solutions.In Radical Reparations, conversation shifter, social justice pioneer, change agent, and inventor of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which redefined the global conversation on racism and social justice, Marcus Anthony Hunter offers a unique and unconventional framework for achieving the holistic and comprehensive healing of African American communities. Hunter reimagines reparations through a profound new lens as he defines seven types of compensation— political, intellectual, legal, economic, social, spatial, and spiritual—using analysis of historical documents, comparative international cases, and speculative parables.Profound and revolutionary, trenchant and timely, Radical Reparations provides a compelling and provocative reframing of reparations past, present, and future, and offers a way forward for us all.